“Up until now, the travel policy of most Commonwealth departments has been to basically write Qantas an open cheque. Clearly taxpayers expect the Federal Government to take advantage of the same sort of cost savings that true competition is bringing to the private sector".
What a load of codswallop.
It’s really up to the Government now to decide if they truly support competition, and if they do, we will certainly add more flights to Canberra”, Brett Godfrey promised.
Obviously, somebody hasn't been around the aviation industry long enough to realise that the Government travel contract was won by a process called
competitive tendering, not by open cheque writing.
When the contract goes to tender, the Government will choose the most competitive tender, regardless of what the d!ckhead spin doctors feed the media.
Some of us have been around enough to see the too-ing and fro-ing between AN and QF in the past with contracts.
The fact of the matter is that if DJ wants to get the government contract they will have to submit a competitive and successful tender when the time comes. They won't win the contract by belly aching to the media with the worn out "underdog" whine...................